I am a painter working in pastels, with some oils, and acrylics. I sketch in pen and ink. As an artist my original paintings are influenced from living in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Bolivia, Peru and Chile, and travels throughout much of Canada and all our fifty States.
This is my spot for posting paintings and sketches, to muse mostly about art, life and a little about UT Baseball.

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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Happy Birthday, Barbara!

First of all, June 6 is my sister's, Barbara's, birthday! I hope she has a great day.

She is seven years my senior, if I am allowed to say that and not give away her age. :) So I was always the pest in her world. When she was in high school, she had to take me along at times. It was her responsibility to get me off to school in the mornings. Very irritating as I wore braids and hated breakfast foods. I wanted coffee and toast or left overs from last nights dinner. I was very messy (still am) and she was very neat. So....

At this hour of the morning I couldn't find a photo of Barbara when she was little, so settled on this photo of part of the family at the ranch. I just love what our Mom wrote on the back.

4 comments:

Jo,I guess calling one's younger sibling a 'pest' comes with the territory. I now delight in mentioning that I am still the younger sister.The photo is priceless. Your Mom's handwriting is beautiful.She included the critters names, too. Your love of nature could be her fault...Leslie

Yes, I am the spoiled one. Heh, heh. My Mom wrote to the radio stations and drew pictures of the cows hating their music, etc. She drew on scraps of paper, never did a formal drawing that I know of.My sis and I are good friends ... now. :)

Huh. Until I noticed the "1962" thing, I thought that was me and David with you instead of Margie and Jerry. The photo's too small (even when viewed alone) to see the details. I suppose I actually was with you...but just barely, eh? Heh heh.

About Me

I Grew up in a small town , Magdalena, New Mexico. I enjoy art and the pleasure other people get from my work. I always donate some of my sales and art to charities, especially for children. That started in Bolivia with Para los Niños. (Link on sidebar)
"I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." --
Winston Churchill

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